No More Teaism?

This photo of me was taken by Kris Marsala while I was playing at the recent Arts Festival in Watertown, NY. Thanks for the photo Kris.
For the past three Summers I have been playing guitar during the Wwednesday or Thursday lunch hour at Teaism in Clayton, NY. Alas, I guess it has come to an end. This Summer the culinary artist and driving force behind Teaism, Karen Lago, has taken a job that has evidently left her with too little time to maintain the business.
It's truly sad for me. Playing there once a week has been one of the greatest pleasures I've had. It was like a refuge. A place for me to escape from my own hectic life and hassels. It was a place where I could try out new pieces of music and fumble them up without worrying about it. I would sip on wine, play my music, and it was simply wonderful. It's going to be hard to find a way to replace that in my life. Or will it? We shall see.

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"Young people can learn from my example that something can come from nothing. What I have become is the result of my hard efforts." -Franz Joseph Haydn